Geographic Information System - Lacombe, Canada - Agriculture Financial Services Corporation

Agriculture Financial Services Corporation

Verified Company

Lacombe, Canada

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

beBee Recruiter

Description

At AFSC, we want to work with talented people from a wide range of backgrounds.

We strive to create a psychologically safe environment where we can all be ourselves and perform to the best of our abilities.

We care about each other, about Alberta and about agriculture. We are innovative, knowledgeable, and diverse and love what Albertan agriculture produces for people around the world.

The perseverance and hard work we see from our clients inspires us to show that same work ethic in everything that we do.

Working together, we grow and sustain the agriculture industry in Alberta.

Posting will close January 31, 2023.

Location is flexible, within Alberta, dependent on the successful applicant.

Reporting to the Manager of Business Intelligence, the GIS Summer Student will be working in a team environment contributing to the spatial data exploration and other GIS initiatives

Primary responsibility involves:

Identify external data sources (spatial data) for AFSC's business uses
Perform exploratory data analysis on GIS and Remote Sensing data for other analytical use
Able to work on projects involving Experience Builder and Dashboards
Support spatial data management

Over the summer, you will develop a level of familiarity with all AFSC programs and processes, while gaining experience with the data and its business use.

Preference will be given to those with prior experience in the ArcGIS Applications.
Experience and understanding of statistical methodologies will be an asset.
Experience in agricultural industry will be considered an asset.

Wage:

$ $27.79

About AFSC

For over 80 years Agriculture Financial Services (AFSC) has provided Alberta's agricultural producers and agribusinesses with loans, crop insurance and farm income disaster assistance.

At AFSC, we're proud of the work we do to help build a strong, growing and diversified agriculture and agri-food industry in Alberta.

Many AFSC team members are also producers and know first-hand the challenges and rewards Alberta producers face.